I'm a working woman!

So I am really jumping around here, but I am officially a working woman!!! Back in April, while spending the day at Tucker's preschool, they offered me a job for the summer because one of the regular teachers isn't able to work during the summer. I was pretty excited about them asking so of course I said I would do it. So I have been busy since then getting all the necessary things done to work at a preschool..which is quite a bit of stuff..but it is all done, and today was my official 1st day of work. I works out perfectly, I get to work, but still spend everyday with the boys..Trey is also going to school there this summer. I am hoping that this gives Trey a smoother transition to me leaving him there this fall because he is not a fan of me leaving him anywhere. It's only part time, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9-1, so it's a great place to spend a couple of days a week.

It was a good day overall. Tucker was a big helper, showing his brother the ropes of their daily activities and Trey didn't cry at all today (he almost cried once when they were singing their welcome song, which focuses on each child separately, and he did not like being singled out on his first day) But He seemed to have fun and didn't even eat lunch next to me..he ate next to one of the other teachers!

It looks like it is going to be one fun summer!!!

A tad bit obsessed

Tucker LOVES fishing....it is by far his favorite thing to do. We have been so busy we haven't gotten to go for a while, but Tucker always finds some way to keep his skills sharp! I took this picture in the middle of May (that is how far behind I am)..can you see his little fishing pole resting on the pool between his legs? He sat out there for about 45 minutes "fishing."

Sometimes life just happens...

I guess I should really start off with our biggest news...I am as of yesterday 16 weeks pregnant! Vinny and I both wanted more kids, but we didn't exactly plan it for it to happen right now, but let's face it, when have our lives together ever gone the way we planned it...NEVER...seriously it never has. However, life, no matter what twists and turns have come up, has treated us very, very well, we are happy and healthy and living a very comfortable life. God really has blessed our family. So with that being said, we are pretty at ease and very excited about baby #3.

I really can't wait!! Vinny is hoping for another boy..he only wants boys, but I am really REALLY hoping for a girl. This we will find out on July 2nd, only a month to go!!! I am feeling pretty good, just very tired. I have a little belly going on, but I haven't really gained too much weight(with both boys I gained a TON of weight, so I am hoping that doesn't happen this time). The boys are both really excited and keep going back and forth whether they want a brother or a sister. Tucker said the funniest thing to me after I came back from my first appointment. He asked "where is the baby?" and I said "Still in my belly, they baby has to stay in there for a long time and my belly has to be really big before the baby can come out" He replies "oh ya, when I was a baby in your belly, your belly WAS HUGE!"....I don't think I will ever will forget that, he was so serious about our whole conversation! I just love that the boys are excited and understand (for the most part) what is going on..Tucker was so little when I had Trey he had no clue what was happening. I know they will be great big brothers!!!

So I will definitely keep everyone up to date on things...and think pink thought for me :D


Here is a picture Jenn took of me..I was almost 15 weeks...and I didn't know she was taking my picture...(oh and why Jenn was here is a story for another post :)

How can it be June already???

I mean seriously where did the rest of May go???????? I really can't believe it is already June..it feels like it weather wise, but other than that it really can't be June can it?.........but I guess it is.....

We have been so busy and so much has happened, I don't even know where to start....I can't remember...these last few weeks have been such a blur...I need my calender and my camera to remind me.

My mom will be here on Sunday, so that means I only have 3 days (and what is left of today) to catch up on here before we are busy again..not that I'm not busy right now...we have numerous things going on each day until she gets here....

So I guess it is off my camera and my calender and get to updating the blog.

100%

So I am very happy to report Trey is 100% potty trained!!!!!!!!!!! He was fine during the day and at nap without a diaper since January, but for the last week he hasn't even been wearing a diaper or a pullup at night!!!! I was going to wait for a little longer to share this information, just in case I jinx him and he ends up peeing in bed, but for the past two months he has only peed in about 5 pullups and now he just decided he doesn't even need to wear one at all...then this past week...totally dry!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy and I'm definately proud!!! Tucker was pretty easy to train, but with Trey I barely had to do any work....just a little bit of candy...a lot of nakedness around the house, but he really just decided he was done wearing diapers and pullups!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grapes...who knew???

Last year we dediced to plant grape vines because we wanted something to grow on what used to be a gazebo (only the metal structure is left standing...the fabric only lasted about 3 months). So we planted one on each side and the right one barely grew last year and the left one flourished...but neither produced grapes.

This year the left one is still healthy and huge and the right one is actually growing a bit more than last year....when the leaves started growing back we noticed what looked like little bunches of grapes, but they were so small, I wasn't really sure....today when I was watering them with the boys left over pool water ther were grapes.....a whole bunch of grapes...I'm excited!!!! Don't know what we are going to do with them because all the home grown grapes I have ever had have been really sour....but I'm just excited about the grapes growing!!! I actually never reall thought grapes were actually going to grow...who knew? ;-)


The left grape vine....


Can you see all the grapes??


A close-up

The humidity has returned....

So I'm very sad to say that the humidity and heat has returned....We actually caught a break this year because the years past it is pretty hot and humid already in March and this year it didn't come back until this past week. The one really bad thing is on Monday we has horrible rains (about 10 inches overnight in our area) which brought the mosquitoes back in full force.....

The boys are excited to get back in the pool and sprinklers, but I'm sure not looking forward to the never ending heat and humidity of summer...that lasts until the end of October.....

STUFFED!!!!!!

We just got back from eating our way through the flea market. It was fun, but I am so stuffed!!! We didn't find anything good shopping wise, but we did get some good food....a bunch of fruit, watermelon, coconut, pineapple, and mango, some mexican candy, kettle corn (not the normal sweet kind, it has a little spice on it...it's the best), freshly cooked pork rinds, fresh roasted corn (one with butter and salt and one with Mayo and Spicy seasoning....you might think that it is weird..but it's SOOO good), and a smoked turkey leg...We got the turkey leg and corn to go because it was starting to get hot already......that served as our breakfast and lunch....YUM!!!!

Spur of the moment....

So Saturday night we are just hanging out doing nothing much, just watching tv and hanging out..around 9 I was tired already and getting the boys ready for bed when Vinny comes inside from the garage and says "We should go to San Antonio, stay the night and do the river walk the next day" And of course I say "let's go!" I start packing a bag and getting the boys changed into some clothes and he comes in again(he does most of his thinking and talking on the phone in the garage) and says I need to pack some nice clothes because we are staying at a 4star hotel tonight....so ok and I do...

We finally get out of the door a little after 10 at night. The drive wasn't the best, it rained on and off the whole way and we had to take a huge detour because the shut part of the entire interstate down....but we get to downtown San Antonio around 1am an our exit is blocked off...so we just take the next one...no big deal, but once we get into the actual downtown part, there are TONS AND TONS of people, walking around, driving around..it was nuts...we got directions off of the internet and I basically know where we are going (I am usually the one who is better with directions) but all of the streets going towards where we need to go are completely blocked off...so we end up driving around for awhile..stopped and asked for directions from another hotel, and all we need to do is go up 3 blocks, but we can't get there because it is blocked....so we keep driving around and finally we find our way to the hotel at around 1:40...well it turns our they are having some huge festival and they just got done with a parade, which is why the roads were blocked off and so many people were still out....It was crazy, but so worth it... Our hotel was georgous!!!!! It really was amazing...but I told Vinny next time we go to a 4 star hotel, we aren't bringing the boys and we are going to spend more than 8 hours in the room.....It was fun though and worth it!!!

Then the next day we went to the River Walk and the Alamo. The boys seemed to really enjoy themselves at both places. Tucker was very interested in the Alamo because soldier used to live here and we kind of told him what happened there and he seemed to understand it a bit. He especially liked looking at all the old weapons and cannons. I think he really is going to love history! Then at the river walk, the boys were just loving it...they kept looking for fish and just had a really good time walking around (we didn't take the stroller and were a little worried about how they were going to take having to walk the entire time...but they did great!!) Then we stopped and at one of the Mexican Resturants. It was fun, our table was right on the river and the chips and salsa were pretty good, but the food was HORRIBLE...It was probally some of the worst Mexican food I've ever had.....it's pretty hard to make refried beans taste bad, but their's were....so we were still hungary and we went over to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and had some goodies, I had a Chocolate covered strawberry, we all shared Tucker's carmel apple, and Trey had a chocolate covered pretzel. It was a nice taste of home....when I was pregnant with Tucker I would get a carmel apple every time we went to the mall(but I would make Vinny eat most of the carmel off :-)

After we were done at the River walk we drove over to Vinny's parents house and hung out with Grandpa Tony (we were sad because Vinny's mom had to work). Vinny's dad cooked us a good dinner..(at least we had good Mexican food at his house :-). Then we drove home and the boys were passed out within 10 minutes of being in the car!!!

It was such a fun little adventure/mini vacation!!! Next time we are spending more time....I have a feeling we will be spending a lot more time in San Antonio these following months....it is one of my all time favorites place to visit!

My tball stud

This is my favorite picture of Tucker playing ball.....he is so focused and you can really tell he just loves it!!! I'm so proud of him!